Fated and Claimed by Four Alphas
Chapter 95: Sister Complex

Chapter 95: Sister Complex

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Chapter 95

~Spring’s POV~

Since no one was answering me, I turned to face Eryx instead.

"Eryx, what did I do to you? Did I do anything to hurt you? Like hurt your dick or something and you feared girls?"

I barely got the words out before Kaius and Rhys burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

Kaius nearly spilt his drink. "What—what did she just say?"

Rhys wheezed out, "Did you just accuse him of trauma-by-you?"

I frowned at them both, heat rising to my cheeks, but Eryx wasn’t laughing. He shook his head, a quiet smile pulling at the corner of his mouth like he wanted to laugh but couldn’t quite manage it.

"Talk to me," I said again, softer this time.

"How can he," Kaius started between chuckles, "when he was too busy having a sister complex to let any other girl get close?"

Rhys, ever the instigator, added, "He had you on everything he owned. His phone, his lockscreen, wallpaper, and profile pic. It was borderline obsessive."

My jaw dropped. "Wait. What?"

"Oh, we’re not done," Rhys continued. "Every time someone mentioned a girl, he found a way to bring you up instead. It got to the point that some girls thought he was in love with his kid sister. It got awkward fast."

My jaw dropped. I was speechless. I knew Spring and Eryx were close, but I never knew just how close they had become.

Eryx shifted, rubbing the back of his neck. I’d never seen him look this embarrassed. His mouth pressed into a thin line as if he were debating whether to say anything at all.

"Had he not been older, you two would have been considered twins due to how close. It was at that point Eryx knew he had to have a life lol. You and his tech were literally his everything," Rhys explained.

I blinked. The teasing faded as something deeper settled in the air—something still and heavy. I turned fully toward him, knees curled under me.

"Eryx..."

He didn’t meet my eyes at first. "I had a sister complex," he said finally, and it silenced the room.

I blinked, unsure if I heard right the first time Kaius mentioned it and now he confirmed it. "A... what?"

He looked up now, gaze steady but quiet. "I didn’t have real friends growing up. Not ones that stuck. The house was always tense. Rhys was busy while Kaius was distant, but when you came, when you were born, you grew up..."

He hesitated, the roughness in his voice suddenly obvious. _{f.r(e)e\webn.ovel.co\m}

"You were my first real bond, my anchor, my best friend. I didn’t mean to make it weird or clingy, but..." He ran a hand through his hair. "Every time someone tried to get close, it felt wrong. Like they were intruding on something sacred. And for a while, I thought something was wrong with me."

"You’re not broken," I said softly before he hated himself.

I couldn’t blame him. His need to be close to his sister ultimately led him to develop feelings for me. It turned out that Spring wasn’t even his sister.

Eryx gave a one-shoulder shrug. "Maybe. But I didn’t know how to separate my world from you. You were my world. Making you laugh, protecting you, being there—it filled everything."

Kaius sat straighter, thoughtful now. "That explains the constant ’Spring said this’ or ’Spring likes that.’ You basically worshipped her."

Rhys nodded, more serious this time. "It was intense, yeah. But we knew it wasn’t romantic. It was... loyalty. Just turned all the way up."

I reached over, instinctively taking Eryx’s hand in mine, my chest tightening. I could feel Spring’s body responding too—warmth blooming, the ache of memories I hadn’t lived but somehow remembered.

I felt both sad and touched at the same time. I could also feel joy. If only the real Spring knew her brothers, though things had changed in the past, they truly cared about her.

"You’ll find someone," I told him softly. "Someone who gives you space for both me, and your own story. I’ll always be your sister, your person, but there’s more for you, too."

Eryx nodded, squeezing my hand back. "Yeah. And she’s going to be really lucky. But don’t expect me to stop being protective of you."

"Wouldn’t have it any other way," I smiled.

Kaius sniffled dramatically. "Aw, family therapy. Someone grab the tissues."

Rhys rolled his eyes. "We’ll need one when we dig into your damage next, drama king."

"Please," Kaius said, sipping from his mug like royalty. "I am damage-free. I exude stability."

"Yeah, emotionally unavailable stability," Eryx muttered, and we all laughed.

As I looked between the three of them—one brushing my hair playfully, one fidgeting with a pen, one watching me like he’d never let anything touch me again—I felt something else sink into my bones.

This was it. This was what family felt like.

Not always easy, perfect, but honest, warm, and fiercely, stubbornly, unrelentingly loving.

Silence settled again, but this time, it was a soft kind of peace.

"You still shouldn’t talk about it with Chloe," Kaius added dryly. "That girl’s got a louder mouth than a town crier on market day."

I almost squealed with laughter. They did not know her yet, but her loud mouth had left quite an impression.

"I’ll keep that in mind," I said, leaning back into the pillows. "And also... I’ll be sure not to ever mention my love life on speaker again. Lesson learned."

Kaius smirked. "Hehhee, even if it’s not on speaker, it would be to us."

I rolled my eyes but didn’t fight the smile tugging at my lips.

For all the chaos, for all the awkward stories and confessions and too-much-information moments... this? This was everything I never knew I needed.

And maybe, for the first time since entering this strange, twisted, wonderful new life, I wasn’t just surviving. I was safe.

"Okay," Eryx clapped, getting everyone’s attention on him.

He had that weird, maniacal, devilish smile that screamed, ’I am coming for you’, on his face.

"Since you guys have butchered my past in the open... It’s time for yours."